Motor-vehicle.



.A. W. HARPSTRITE.

MOTOR VEHICLE. APPLIOAFPION rum) APR. 13, 1908. 927,463, Patented July 6, 1909.-

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A. W. HARPSTRITE.

MOTOR VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1908 Patented July 6, 1909. 2 BHEETS-SHEBT 2.

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' ANDREW w. HARPSTRITE, or toWEA UA, ILLINOIS.

moron-VEHICLE.

Nos-927,463.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented m 6, 1909.

Original application filed October .17, 1906, SeriaLNo. 339,368. Divided and this application filed April 13; 1908.

- SerialNo. 426,680.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown thatI, ANDREW \V. Harte s'rairn. a citizen of the United States, residing at M oweaqua, in the county of Shelbyand tion is to provide. a motor-vehicle which willbe simple in construction, comparatively cheap in manufacture and highly eflicicntand durable in use.

' Another object of my invention is to pro vide a motoi vehicle particularly adapted for use in agricultural conm'iunities, where the exigencies of use demand a-varied'employment of the motor-vehicle as, for carrying the soil-turning devices in plowing. the

transportation of produce to the market and the carryingfrom point to point of the farm articles needed for use on the premises.

.111 the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention, Figure l is an elevation of my new 1i1otor-vehicle;l ig. 2 is a plan view, the engine being shown in dotted lines: Fig. 3 isv a detail of the clutch; Fig. 4 is a detail inplanof the axle-adjusting device; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same.

The mechanism for propelling the vehicle comprises an engine-a of any suitable type (a gas engine is preferred, because of its compact nature, its adaptability to use where units of small power are, needed and its small cost of attendance and lip-keep)- which is mounteduponthe frame 6 and upon i to the shaft. f.

the'main shaft 0 of which is fast a pulley (Z belt-connected to the pulley c loose. upon the transverse shaft f. Upon the latter are also mounted the inion g, the fiy-whecl 7i and the slidable c utch i. the latter beingkeyed is the shaft. upon which are mounted the sprockets Z: and the spur-gear m, the latte'r being in mesh with and hence driven by the pinion y. In the rear of the main frame 7) is mounted a propeller shaft 11. which'is driven by the sprockets o counected by the.

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Parallel with the latter shaftvehicle by means of the hand-wheel or'steerii'ig-i'vheel amounted upon the rod a: at the rear endthereof, thetront end (Fig. 2) being ournalcd at y in the frame 0 and novitled with a grooved collar or hub .2 trom which project the pinsfor studs 2 which can gage the llnks of the steerlng chain The ends of the latter are connected to the rear end'of the bars 4: by rods 5. The front end of the bars 4 are connected by the rods (3 the inner ends Of '\\'ll1Cl1 are oined by a turn buckle 7. The bars at are secured to the brackets 8 which are hinged at- 9 (Figs. -l

and .5) to the front partof the main 'frame i), (Fig. '2), and which support the axle 1t) upon which turn the front wheels 11.; The latter may be adjusted vertically so as to level the vehicle by turning the crankhandles 12, each of'which is fastenedto the top of screw 13 the lower end of which engages a block 14 from the outer face of which projects one of the'axles 10 and which itself is free to slide bodily and carry the axle or spindle 10 up or down, when the crank 1:2 is turned. The screw 13 is formed near its upper end with. a collar 15 and isfree to rotate in the top-plate 16.

This application is filed as'a divisional application under my pending application 339,368, filed October 17, 1906. I claiinz i A motor vehicle consisting of the combination of a frame; propelling devices mounted therein brackets hinged to said frame; axlecarrying slide-blocks mounted upon said brackets; screws mounted in said brackets and in engagement with said slide-hlocks. whereby the latter nay be tl(l]ll$i0tli a sticer-' lower end, said hub having studsprtijectiug from it; a steering chain which isfwound my hand at said Mowe I i'm' ingthe presences,

around said hub and the links'iof which are of the two undersigned w1tnesses'thist wenty- 16 adapted to engage said studs; bars mounted-v eighth day pf March, 1908.

upon said brackets the ends ('jfisaidichain being con ected to'said bars; and adjustable T' P means independent; bf said chain for co'nnect- Witnesses;

ing said bars.- i 'V. SNYDER, Jr.,

In tes'timonV Whereef I'have hereunto set WMpELMEIL: 

